Tamarind date chutney

I have heard of this chutney so many times, but I have never really been interested in making it, let alone trying it out.

When I think tamarind, I think the sour blob that goes into puli curry and my mum always shouts at me if I leave puli curry to long in her pots that the tamarind will eat away at her pot… so you see I never hear any good things about tamarind.

While I was cleaning out the fridge the other day, I came across some medjool dates that were coming up to its expiry dates. There were only 8 left and I felt bad throwing them out. That is when I remembered that tamarind chutney has dates in as well.

A sign from Julie Child if you ask me to give it a try.

To tell you the truth, I am not 100% sure where my mental block in with this chutney, because once I made it and I tasted it, I refused to share the dish.

It was so simple to make and I had all the ingredients in the pantry which was a shocker. The only time consuming part was to rehydrate the dates which took 30 minutes.